Nevada High School - Nevamo Yearbook (Nevada, MO)

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0.- Nevado High School Con ten ts Page 11 .... School Life Page 25 .... Organizations Page 51 .... Sports Page 65 .... Administration Page 73 .... Classes Page 74 . . Seniors Page 86 . . Juniors Page 92 . . Sophomores Page 98 . . Freshmen Page 104 . . Eighth Grade Page 108 . . Seventh Grade Page 111 . . . Advertisers

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In 1870, the M. K. and T. RAILROAD reached Vernon Dounty, and in October of that year the first locomotive same puffing into Nevada. Stage lines to Clinton and Ft. Scott had been the chief means of travel in and out of the eommunity. Nevada grew faster. Deerfield, Moundville, md Montevallo were rebuilt, and Walker was laid out as L new village. The Missouri Pacific Railroad was com- reted in 1882. This caused the new villages of Sheldon, rthur, New Metz, and Milo. Richards also owes its be- STATE HOSPITAL NO. 3 is located in Vernon County one mile north of the city of Nevada, on 520 acres of land donated by the citizens of Nevada, for the purpose of building this institution. This act was created by the Thirty-third General Assembly and approved March 19, 1885. The first patient was admitted October 17, 1887. Since that time, the institution has grown to be a small city within itself. :inning to the coming of a branch Missouri Pacific road. ' By 1880, the population of Nevada had reached 2000. ,....,, QALLTOWN, once as large as Nevada, was missed by the nm . . - -s- ' ailroads and failed to grow. The cemetery and a few xx ,L 3 if nouses now are all that mark one of the earliest settle- fe , ,V ' '- pents in Vernon County. 2 Q T A 5,3 .A U g 5 A:- Q ,,,,.,, . -i 6 Q 1 A - hifi? ,El r fx FE 'A Q: if 64f44f4 ,L 'full' - A.: . '-.,. l '. ' K -7, ' A 4 n., 1 ' 10- A ,B MH Q ... lq. s ' R-V Y . 3 I ' , ' ,F 1 QHL -. A r 1f 5-I F I' rl E B A -ao- -F -- .. 21 -5 f .- F 1,151 Q: 1 pm r - -- - 'I :: wi f . . -- ' cfilifif Es :- 'P f 'Q' '. 'A Ti' -asia. . N Nr - n 'f,- ' Jus wig ,:0..01.1 2.-Fa.-an In -.53 gg, J., nl . I.. nl-.4r-Hllzvx 97' 'J , v- x'.,....,,,.,-.-.f ' In 1884 five charming young ladies came to town. They 'r:' ---1,-:', ,,,,.!1'! were the Misses Dora, Kate, Mary, Rose, and Virginia to .-... Elottey. They came to start a boarding school for girls. WN , iss Virginia Cottey, later Mrs. V. A. C. Stockard, had ..,.,,.. ome earlier to find a location. Escorted by Mr. Moore, na xx he was shown several possible locations. She chose a S X ornfield west of the town where the first building was X oon erected. It was finished in time to start school in the all of 1884. Mrs. Stockard's four sisters came to teach ,n the school and they had 28 pupils that first year. Mrs. 'tockard was President of the school for many years. any buildings and improvements have been added and OTTEY COLLEGE, now owned by the P. E. O. sister- ood, is a fully accredited Junior College for girls. It is own not only throughout the United States, but also in ther countries. iii: VII, I 9. Am .51 - YL . tm at 11 'f,?- ski? Y. A' K: i n it 4 ll 1 I I Y ,- The GAY NINETIES in Nevada were all the name im- plies. The town was growing. New business houses as well as many beautiful home were built. There were many gay parties and socials. An Opera House was located above the Moore's store. One well remembered entertainment was the Graves Brothers' quartet consisting of Deck and Boyd Graves, D. B. Bowman, and A. J. Ayers. Even the bicycle built for two had its day with the gay young gentle- men and ladies of the 1890's. If if ,W L 1 ff? 0 I -fa. -H xllul-5 'x I '-La., i ,Z - ........g Y M Y ,F 1 tt! 7g ali, S+' Southwest of Nevada about three miles is located 4 -Y 'C I 1 ' f 1 1. Q 1' CAMP CLARK, a United States Military Reservation of ' ,J Y Ah -1 Y' 1,200 acres, which is used as a training point for the L,--. A 1 A 11-L LW fx Missouri National Guard. It was started in 1908. H 3 ' F ' K 'JA ' Vernon County borders on the Kansas state line on 9- -' 15? 05.131 p S. . . ., f ug, ggz-. -Q4 -- 1 A . the west. We are a bit of the great Middle West and we x , - if C - ' SWE I like it. We like it so much we want to keep it, to make . 3 ' -1 5-'T'- 'f!:,,,. A , it a still better place to live. We like it so much we are A - M 5-45, ig' sending our young men to far lands to help the other ' ' democracies of the world to keep their homes free. We do not fight to win more land but to keep our own, the Heart of America. ,- f?q,3 e - LN i-551 W J ' W A S3 ff 'si ...9..

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